Abul-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ali al-Mandjur al-Miknasi al-Fasi (; 1520–1587, born and died in
Fes
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
) was a Moroccan scholar of theology and law and a prominent teacher at the
Qarawiyyin University. He is known to have educated
qadis for several Moroccan towns. Between 1579 and 1585 he spent much time in
Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
, where he taught the Moroccan sultan
Ahmad al-Mansur. He is the author of theological commentaries and especially his ''fahrasa'' (account of his scholarly career) is of great renown. He was the father of the well-known writer
Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi : ''For the Egyptian encyclopedist see Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-Qalqashandi.''
Shihab al-Din abu l-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn Mohammed ibn Ahmed ibn Ali ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi'l-'Afiyya al-Miknasi a ...
.
[Muhamed Hajji, ''L'activité intellectuelle au Maroc à l'époque Saadide'', Rabat, 1976, p. 164–77 passim]
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Moroccan scholars
Moroccan biographers
1520 births
1587 deaths
Moroccan Maliki scholars
16th-century Moroccan judges
People from Fez, Morocco
16th-century Moroccan writers
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